episode_0207

Jeong Yu-sin trained steadily for the past three days.

He ate, slept, and swung his sword. He also did not neglect the psychokinesis training he had acquired this time.

When he wasn’t swinging his sword, he closed his eyes and meditated.

He mainly imagined in his head how to fight Rex.

Fortunately, Karin told him about Rex two days before the duel.

“That guy has the alias ‘Siege Destroyer’.”

“Siege Destroyer?”

“It’s a case where the engraving became an alias. It is said that people with the Siege Destroyer engraving unleash attacks that ignore the opponent’s armor. Shockwaves erupt from each attack. His skill is also not to be ignored.”

“He’s skilled? Did you know him?”

“I saw his face a few times in the past.”

“Did that guy ever propose to you?”

At Jeong Yu-sin’s question, Karin hesitated and nodded.

“Yes. But I refused.”

“I have a question.”

“What is it?”

“If I lose to Rex, will you marry him?”

Karin’s face immediately turned red.

“What are you talking about?! Why would I…?!”

“I was just curious.”

Karin glared at Jeong Yu-sin.

“Don’t say weird things! I have absolutely no intention of marrying him!”

* * *

At the same time.

Underground of the Beast Clan branch.

Rex swung his halberd while sweating.

Even if Sca is a lower-intermediate Explorer, there is no room for complacency.

He intended to compete with him to the best of his ability.

As a senior member of the Beast Clan, and as a man, he had no intention of losing to him.

‘She was pretty.’

Suddenly, Karin’s face came to mind, and the hand holding the halberd lost strength.

She was different from the Karin he had seen in the past.

Her red hair had grown quite long.

Her skin was moist.

Her red lips exuded an inexplicable allure.

The choker she wore around her neck fueled his possessiveness.

The plump thighs revealed in her tight leather pants. Despite the baggy tunic, her swaying breasts exuded sex appeal.

Karin had become a woman before he knew it.

Like a beautiful flower blooming in a field, Karin was flaunting her body, which was brimming with moisture for pregnancy.

‘Karin.’

He confessed to Karin several years ago.

It was youthful recklessness, but he did not consider himself lacking in terms of status or ability.

He was the next chief of the Rock Wolf tribe and a promising warrior within the tribe.

However, Karin flatly rejected his proposal. He didn’t hear the reason.

Although he was rejected by Karin, he did not give up.

He thought that if he became stronger, Karin would look at him again. The reason he struggled so hard in the Maze City was actually because of this.

He heard that a mixed-blood Barbaroi was by her side. He heard rumors that they were close, but when he actually faced them, they didn’t seem that close.

Even if they were close, it didn’t matter.

He just had to win this fight and take Karin back.

Still, it was early.

There was still room to become stronger by going in and out of the maze.

He wanted to propose to Karin after becoming a little stronger, but the time for decision had already come.

He would have to consider it an opportunity.

If he won this duel, he thought that even if his proposal was rejected, he might be able to date her.

If enough intimacy was built up through dating, he was thinking of proposing then.

And Karin would carry his child.

‘Karin’s child.’

His lower body stiffened at the thought.

Rex shook his head to regain his composure and swung his halberd again.

* * *

The day of the duel arrived.

Before Jeong Yu-sin left the room, someone opened the door and entered.

Ingrid.

She was wearing a gray dress because the weather had gotten chilly recently.

As expected of the tall Ingrid, her proportions were excellent. One concern was that her voluptuous figure was revealed so blatantly.

Ingrid slowly approached and stood in front of Jeong Yu-sin.

“Sca, are you not planning to wear any armor?”

“Yes. I don’t think armor is of much use in front of Rex’s ‘Siege Destroyer’ engraving.”

Ingrid scanned Jeong Yu-sin up and down.

Sca was dressed similarly to usual.

Linen pants and a linen shirt, and a single-edged red sword dangling from his sword belt were all he had.

A simple outfit. But it exuded a wild charm.

The collarbone and firm, muscular chest that were subtly revealed through the thin linen shirt.

The more she smelled this man’s scent, the more her head went blank and her heart fluttered.

‘Stop.’

She couldn’t just stand there absentmindedly.

Ingrid held out the black coat she was holding.

“This is a coat made by requesting the Arachne Sewing Cooperative. It doesn’t have great abilities, but it shouldn’t be uncomfortable to move in. It’s also good for keeping your body warm.”

“Thank you.”

Jeong Yu-sin received the black coat and put it on.

The coat fit perfectly. As Ingrid said, it was not uncomfortable to move in.

Jeong Yu-sin smiled and hugged Ingrid.

Ingrid was surprised as if her heart had dropped.

“Thank you, Ingrid.”

“…You’re being rude.”

But it wasn’t a bad feeling. He didn’t fondle her buttocks like kneading dough like last time.

But Jeong Yu-sin’s hands slowly moved and stuck to Ingrid’s buttocks.

Ingrid, who had been relieved, was startled and stiffened her body.

Jeong Yu-sin’s hand gently squeezed her buttocks surrounded by the tight-fitting gray dress.

‘Again!’

Ingrid glared at Jeong Yu-sin, biting her lip tightly.

“Sca, you’re being rude. You’ve forgotten that I’m the representative of the Beast Union…!”

Ingrid’s eyes widened.

Her heart sank once again.

Because Sca’s hands suddenly grabbed both buttocks and spread them wide.

The lace panties rolled up, pressing against her anus and intimate area, gathering into a straight line.

A humiliating caress she had never experienced in her life.

Because she was wearing a dress and panties tightly, she couldn’t see it clearly, but Ingrid’s butt hole twitched from how surprised she was.

“S-stop!”

Ingrid blushed and got angry.

But she didn’t try to push Jeong Yu-sin away with force.

“Continuing the bride training…”

Ingrid glared at Jeong Yu-sin.

“Stop with the sophistry. I choose my man. Sca, I don’t need your help.”

“Is that so?”

Knock knock.

“Sca?”

Karin’s voice was heard from outside the door along with a knock.

“Come in.”

Karin opened the door and came inside.

She saw Sca and her mother standing side by side.

‘Strange.’

Sca had one hand on her mother’s shoulder and was smiling at her.

Were they this close?

The distance was too close.

There was another strange thing.

Her mother was smiling awkwardly and covering her chest with one hand.

“Mom?”

Karin called Ingrid in a daze.

Ingrid was covering her chest and repeatedly tucking her red hair behind her ears.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, nothing.”

It was uncomfortable to see Sca’s arm on her mother’s shoulder, but she didn’t point it out separately.

“Karin, look at this. Ingrid bought me a coat. How is it?”

Sca smiled and showed off his black coat.

“Yeah. It suits you well. Did you buy it from the Arachne Sewing Cooperative?”

“It’s custom-made.”

Ingrid answered instead of Jeong Yu-sin.

“Really? How did you measure the size?”

“Roughly with my eyes.”

Jeong Yu-sin smiled and stroked Ingrid’s shoulder.

“It fits perfectly. Ingrid, you were definitely looking out for me.”

“I, I have to go. I have to go ahead and take the witness procedure.”

Ingrid quickly finished speaking, covered her chest, and hurried out of the room.

Thud.

The door closed quietly.

Karin sighed deeply.

“Sca, aren’t you being too casual with my mom?”

“Is that so? But what did you come for?”

Karin blushed and took out panties from her bosom.

Steam was rising from the panties as if she had been wearing them until just now.

Panties with an engraving for a charm that probabilistically blocks negative curses or magic.

“Who knows? You don’t know what tricks the other person might use. Keep it with you.”

Jeong Yu-sin took Karin’s panties and put them in his bosom.

“Thanks.”

“It’s nothing.”

Karin twisted her hair and turned her gaze away.

Jeong Yu-sin kissed Karin’s forehead and left the room.

As he left the inn, many people were crowded on the street.

Most of them were familiar faces. They were residents living in the southern district.

The owner of the general store approached.

“Sca, is it true that you are dueling with a guy from the eastern district?”

“Yes.”

“Good luck. It’s been really hard to make a living these days because those guys have been causing so much trouble.”

“Make sure you win! Show them what’s what!”

“Yeah! Make those guys from the eastern district eat dirt!”

People threw words of encouragement at Jeong Yu-sin.

Jeong Yu-sin gave a bitter smile and nodded.

The faces of people these days were often grimly hardened.

Had they extended their reach to the southern district again?

The fox beastkin Luna ran up, her eyes shining, and clung to Jeong Yu-sin’s leg.

“Uncle Sca!”

Luna’s mother, Edel, also approached.

“Luna! What are you doing being so rude! Mr. Sca, I’m sorry.”

“It’s been a while. Luna and Edel.”

Jeong Yu-sin, who received Edel’s greeting, knelt on one knee and stroked Luna’s head.

“Mumuut!!! Uncle? You have to do your best! You have to punish the bad guys!”

“Okay. Luna, listen to your mom.”

Jeong Yu-sin stroked Luna once more and stood up to look around.

Before he knew it, even more people had gathered than before and were calling Jeong Yu-sin’s name and cheering him on.

Jeong Yu-sin chuckled and waved his hand once before moving on.

It should have been quiet around lunchtime, but the closer he got to the central district, the more crowded it became.

When he arrived at the central district plaza, there was a crowd of people twice as large as the people he had seen so far.

The number of people was easily over a thousand.

Jeong Yu-sin stood in the center of the plaza and looked around.

People from the eastern district’s underworld.

There were explorers, as well as people who had come from work.

How much of a big rumor did they spread to gather this many people?

Was it that big of a deal?

In front of Jeong Yu-sin, Astharoth and Ingrid were sitting in high seats.

Astharoth sighed deeply as he looked at Jeong Yu-sin.

“Haa. What is going on? It’s my time to rest after work. Suddenly, I’ve become a witness to a duel.”

“Someone has to certify it. Don’t complain.”

“Ingrid, if something like this happened during your work, you would have sent a proxy.”

“…”

Astharoth glanced at the silent Ingrid, then rested his chin on his hand and looked down at the plaza.

“The opponent is a promising middle-superior warrior of the Beast Clan, can Sca handle it? Isn’t Sca a lower-intermediate Explorer in the first place?”

“Lower-intermediate. Not lower-intermediate.”

“Whatever. Don’t play with words. You know what I mean, right?”

“…You won’t know until you fight.”

“Do you want Sca to win?”

“I never said that.”

While Ingrid and Astharoth were chatting.

Rex pushed through the crowd and stood facing Jeong Yu-sin.

A giant chicken beastkin strode up and stood between the two.

“I’m Winger, and I’m in charge of judging this duel. Are you both ready?”

“”Yes.””

The chicken beastkin stepped back and puffed up his feathers.

“It’s a duel between the mixed-blood Barbaroi Sca and the Beast Clan’s Rex!!! The certifiers are Astharoth and Ingrid!!!”

“Waaaaaaaaaa!!!”

The people gathered in the plaza shouted.

Rex grabbed the halberd with both hands and opened his mouth.

“Sca, if you lose this duel, stay away from Karin!!!”

The eyes of the people in the plaza widened.

They thought it was a fight over interests between the eastern district’s underworld and clans running small businesses.

Wasn’t it?

Looking at how things were going, there seemed to be another reason.

Probably a love fight.

The crowd held their breath and waited for Jeong Yu-sin’s answer.

Veins popped out on Jeong Yu-sin’s forehead.

“You son of a bitch… Suddenly talking nonsense? Is that so? If I win, I’ll cut off your dick here.”

A threat that came out of nowhere.

The mouths of the crowd gathered in the plaza dropped open.

Rex felt a chill run down his spine after a long time. Naturally, the hand holding the halberd gained strength.

The chicken beastkin looked at the two men with a pitiful expression and puffed up his feathers.

“Duel start!!!!!!”